Device for shaping sticks of paint and similar purposes



Sept. 3, 1935. D. GAMARD 2,013,538

DEVICE FOR SHAPING STICKS OF PAINT AND S IMILAR PURPOSES Filed Aug. 16, 1954 Dent 5e @qmard INVEN-roE,

Patented Sept. 3, 1935 UNITED STAT OFFICE DEVICE FOR SHAPING STICKS 0F PAINT AND SIMILAR PURPOSES Denise Gamard, Paris, France 1 Claim.

Sticks of paint known as lip-sticks, are usually delivered with bevelled ends which enables the sticks of paint to conform to the lips.

After being used for some time, this bevelled shape is lost and the stick presents a rounded end which renders use thereof difiicult.

The present invention has for its object to provide a small device for re-shaping used sticks of paint.

Devices according to the invention are illustrated by way of example on the accompanying drawing, in which:-

The figure is a perspective View of the invention.

The device according to the invention for shaping sticks of paint and illustrated by way of example on the accompanying drawing, comprises two limbs l' l elastically interconnected at 2, the extremity of eachlimb being rolled outwardly to constitute a bead 6' and 6 The device is used in the following manner:-

The two limbs of the device are held between the thumb and forefinger of one hand and the stick of paint is held in the other hand, the two rolled edges 6 and 6 of the device being brought opposite to the portion of the stick of paint 4 which has become rounded by use. The two limbs I I are then pressed together to bevel off the rounded portion of the stick of paint.

The invention provides a practical neat device which enables rapid re-shaping of used sticks of paint. and not at all fragile can easily be kept in a handbag.

I claim:

In a device for shaping sticks of paint, two

This device, which is of very small bulk 1 limbs, a springy member interconnecting adja- 15 cent ends of said two limbs, a shaping member formed by a stiff bead the longitudinal axis of which is perpendicular to the plane of said limbs and which is carried by each free end of said limbs.

DENISE qAMARD. 

